From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 14 17:03:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F0EE16A409 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:03:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC21313C4BF for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:03:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.178]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JGH00KOWWJK1YA0@l-daemon> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:02:08 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JGH00HD2WJGLRV0@pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:02:04 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.18.31]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JGH005NAWJG3US0@l-daemon> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:02:05 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 998 invoked from network); Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:01:56 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:01:56 +0000 Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:01:56 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net> To: Brett Glass Message-id: <4620FAF4.2020508@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 References: <200704140121.TAA29887@lariat.net> <4620D1DD.5050902@h3q.com> <200704141551.JAA07865@lariat.net> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061227) Cc: Philipp Wuensche , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virally licensed code in FreeBSD kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:03:18 -0000 Brett Glass wrote: > There is a huge problem in that the CDDL is "viral." It "infects" > products with which it is combined. This is why zfs isn't part of GENERIC. We've distributed tainted kernel modules for a long time, and there's nothing wrong with that -- GPL/CDDL taint doesn't cross dynamic linking. Colin Percival